Here's the complete lowdown on the Londrina - Ituano fixture:

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Fri 28.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Jacy Scaff (31036 seats)

It's only been six days and nights since Londrina faced Sport Recife and the scoreline was 2-1. Can they get the points vs Ituano?

Insights:
  • Londrina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ituano have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie B

Ituano are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Londrina form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Londrina have managed 8 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 18 games.

A nice win for Londrina last time playing, versus Sport Recife. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Caprini and Gegê scoring for the victors. Midfielder Gegê was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Gegê scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 57 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus CSA with a 1-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Londrina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 6 and lost 2.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 13 league matches, 11 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Londrina fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 18 matches. Londrina have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ituano form and stats

There's been little loot from Ituano's travels as they have only collected 18 points from 18 away games in the Serie B. Ituano only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 6 draws.

Vinicius scored in Ituano's previous match, the home game against Sampaio Correa that ended 1-0. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Pimentel when Vinicius scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. Defender Carlão was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Carlão won 4 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Criciuma's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ituano playing away and similar expectations, we found 22 relevant matches. Results were 7 Ituano wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this side's most recent 13 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ituano have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the squads met previously this season; Ituano - Londrina 0-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Londrina victory, two draws and zero Ituano wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LondrinaD. Gomes de Souza
D. Gomes de Souza
7 goals
LondrinaJ. da Silva
J. da Silva
5 goals

Londrina missing players

Ituano missing players

Londrina Ituano
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
14 8 1 Won W 1 4 14
11 7 2 Drew D 3 6 12
11 3 2 Lost L 2 8 10
35 23 4 Scored S 5 17 40
33 17 5 Conceded C 7 24 33
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
58% 78% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 83% 67%
31% 39% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 28% 31%
8% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
44% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 47%
28% 22% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 17% 39%
36% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 28% 25%
 
4.3 4.5 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.8
4.8 3.7 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.9 5
2 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2.5
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
11.2 13 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 11.9
3.6 4.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.9
27% 29% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 29% 29%
 
10.7 9.4 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 13.4 12.5
3.9 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.7 3.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ituano have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie B
  • Ituano haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Londrina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cruzeiro 37 22 9 6 54 24 18 14 3 1 29 6 19 8 6 5 25 18 30 75
2 Grêmio 36 16 13 7 45 24 18 13 3 2 34 10 18 3 10 5 11 14 21 61
3 Vasco da Gama 37 16 11 10 47 36 19 12 6 1 32 10 18 4 5 9 15 26 11 59
4 Bahia 36 16 10 10 40 27 18 12 4 2 28 10 18 4 6 8 12 17 13 58
5 Sampaio Correa 37 15 10 12 46 41 18 13 4 1 35 14 19 2 6 11 11 27 5 55
6 Ituano 36 14 12 10 40 33 18 10 6 2 23 9 18 4 6 8 17 24 7 54
7 Londrina 36 14 11 11 35 33 18 8 7 3 23 17 18 6 4 8 12 16 2 53
8 Sport Recife 36 14 11 11 32 30 18 12 5 1 24 7 18 2 6 10 8 23 2 53
9 Criciuma 36 13 13 10 40 30 18 10 5 3 24 9 18 3 8 7 16 21 10 52
10 CRB 37 13 11 13 34 41 18 8 8 2 20 13 19 5 3 11 14 28 -7 50
11 Guarani 36 12 11 13 31 35 18 8 6 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 16 23 -4 47
12 Vila Nova 37 9 19 9 28 31 18 6 10 2 13 9 19 3 9 7 15 22 -3 46
13 Ponte Preta 36 11 12 13 32 35 18 8 6 4 18 12 18 3 6 9 14 23 -3 45
14 Tombense 36 10 14 12 36 43 18 9 8 1 22 11 18 1 6 11 14 32 -7 44
15 Chapecoense 36 10 12 14 36 38 18 6 6 6 22 21 18 4 6 8 14 17 -2 42
16 CSA 37 9 15 13 27 34 19 7 8 4 19 14 18 2 7 9 8 20 -7 42
17 Novorizontino 37 10 11 16 41 49 19 8 6 5 28 21 18 2 5 11 13 28 -8 41
18 Brusque 37 8 10 19 21 35 19 6 6 7 14 15 18 2 4 12 7 20 -14 34
19 Operário PR 36 7 13 16 30 45 18 6 6 6 18 16 18 1 7 10 12 29 -15 34
20 Nautico 36 8 6 22 32 63 18 6 4 8 24 26 18 2 2 14 8 37 -31 30

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.